Wu Xiuyue sensed something was wrong and reached out to push Liu Xiangqian away, but found her arms weak and powerless. She frantically cried out, "Help...help me..."

But it felt like something was stuck in my throat, and my voice was pitifully soft.

As Liu Xiangqian unbuttoned his shirt, he looked at Wu Xiuyue and said, "A-Yue, don't waste your energy. Even if you shout until you're hoarse, no one will hear you. Don't worry, I'll take responsibility for you..."

At least until your family helps me secure a spot as a worker-peasant-soldier university student.

Wu Xiuyue was sweating profusely with anxiety. Only now did she truly realize what she had actually liked before!

This beast actually tried to force himself on her!

She regretted not listening to her parents and running away secretly, but it was too late to regret it now.

Just as Wu Xiuyue was terrified and tears streamed down her face, thinking she was doomed, she suddenly felt a lightness on her body. Immediately afterward, she heard Liu Xiangqian's scream and her mother's anxious shout: "Xiaoyue!"

Wu Xiuyue called out, "Mom!"

Then, as my mind relaxed, I was completely plunged into darkness.

Liu Xiangqian was caught red-handed by the villagers for drugging Wu Xiuyue with ill intentions. He was immediately taken to the police station. Just as the town was announcing that new educated youth would be coming down to pick them up, Liu Xiangqian's sentence was handed down: twenty years in prison!

After Liu Xiangqian's belongings were taken away, the remaining few people at the educated youth settlement couldn't wait to celebrate the departure of this scourge with gongs and drums.

After this commotion, Lu Mingfa called another meeting and gave everyone a good scolding and a lecture. Some of the villagers who still had their eyes on the quota quieted down, but some still held onto their hopes and refused to give up.

Finally, Ye Weiwei suggested that all eligible people who wanted a spot should take a unified exam, and whoever scored the highest would get the spot.

Lu Mingfa, Accountant Wu, and Captain Zhao all expressed their agreement. Lu Mingfa added that this method should be followed in any future similar incidents.

Let the results speak for themselves; fairness and impartiality are paramount!

For a time, those in Daqingshan Village who met the election criteria showed a particularly high level of enthusiasm for learning.

The only one I felt was unfair and unjust was Lu Xiaolan.

"Why is it that only those who have been sent to the countryside for more than a year are eligible to participate in the selection exam? That bitch Ye Weiwei must be deliberately targeting you, Mingzhe!"

She believed that if her son Mingzhe were to take the exam, no one in the village could beat him, and the spot would definitely go to him.

Zhao Mingzhe was also full of confidence in himself.

He didn't know what had happened at home recently; he had written several letters back home but hadn't received a reply.

In addition, Ye Weiwei's second brother, who is in the army, is coming here for the New Year, so he doesn't even dare to leave the house now, for fear of being seen by Ye Huaijin and then being beaten up.

If he can participate in the selection exam, he can use his own abilities to get a chance to return to the city and no longer have to stay here and suffer!

So, Zhao Mingzhe, unusually, was a bit more amiable towards Lu Xiaolan. For the sake of harmony, he even took some medicine and worked hard several times to satisfy Lu Xiaolan. He then promised her a rosy picture, coaxing her to go to her uncle Lu Mingfa and ask him to relax the restrictions so that she could also take the exam.

The result is obvious.

Lu Xiaolan didn't even get inside Lu Mingfa's house before her cousin stopped her outside and berated her.

After hearing about this, Ye Weiwei shook her head.

Lu Xiaolan is really overestimating herself.

I thought this was back when her father, Lu Mingfa, was the brigade leader, and she could do whatever she wanted!

As expected, the final spot went to Wu Yue.

Upon learning the result, Wu Yue excitedly hugged Xie Ning and burst into tears.

These past few days, he's been very grateful to Xie Ning for helping him review, focus on key points, and estimate questions.

If Xie Ning had participated in the selection, this spot would have been out of his reach.

"Thank you! Thank you, Xie Ning!"

Xie Ning patted him on the back: "Don't be shy! Just remember to treat me to some braised pork!"

“No problem!” Wu Yue readily agreed, then looked at the other people at the educated youth settlement, “I still have two jin of meat coupons here. I’ll go to town to sell the materials tomorrow, and when I come back, we’ll all have a meal together. Let’s invite Educated Youth Ye too.”

Xu Meijun: "We have to call on Weiwei. Although she married someone from the village, she has always been one of our educated youth.

Wu Yue nodded excitedly, "Yes, yes, yes!"

Ye Weiwei happily accepted the invitation, and while tidying up her side bedroom, she found the house deed that her second brother, Ye Huaijin, had placed on her pillow.

When Ye Weiwei opened the package, the address was exactly the one for her apartment in Beijing.

She said she couldn't find the house deed anywhere!

It turns out that my second brother took it.

"cough!"

Ye Huaijin saw his younger sister looking at the house deed, and coughed awkwardly, wanting to explain, "Well, I forgot to put it in there when I was packing my luggage one time..."

Ye Weiwei couldn't help but think to herself, "They're trying to fool idiots!"

"Luckily, Second Brother, you took this away. Otherwise, if I had kept it, I might not have been able to keep it."

Ye Huaijin visibly breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that you don't blame your second brother."

Ye Weiwei: "How could that be! I was too silly before and made you worry."

Ye Huaijin rubbed Ye Weiwei's head and said, "My little sister has grown up."

"That's right! I'm already married and about to become a mother!" After saying that, Ye Weiwei looked at her second brother with a gossipy expression, "Second brother, you're not getting any younger, don't you have anyone you like? What will my future sister-in-law look like?"

Ye Huaijin became unusually shy and pushed away Ye Weiwei's head that was leaning towards him, "What nonsense are you talking about! I'm in the army every day, I'm a grown man, what do I need to talk about with a girlfriend!"

Ye Weiwei pouted, "You're kidding me! It's not like the army doesn't have female soldiers, and there are also cultural troupes, right? Besides, aren't those military leaders the most fond of playing matchmaker? With your qualifications, I don't believe no one would be unmoved! Are you overwhelmed by the choices and can't keep up? How about I help you pick one?"

As her words became increasingly absurd, Ye Huaijin couldn't help but laugh: "Who told you all this? It's not true."

Many people have indeed taken a liking to him and have tried to arrange marriages for him, but he would never be interested in anyone else...

"Hey—Second Brother, who are you thinking about right now? My future sister-in-law, right? I knew you were up to something! Quick, quick! Tell me who it is? What does she look like? Where is she from? What does she do…"

Ye Huaijin was overwhelmed by the barrage of questions. "What do you mean, 'who'? Nobody! Look at you, you're acting like you're checking someone's household registration. Even if someone did, they'd be scared away by you."

Why do you have so many questions? Like that little sparrow, you always chatter away as if you have endless questions to ask!